A homeless woman was turned away five times by the London Borough of Barnet after she lost her home, a Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) investigation has found. Because the council
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Labour has pledged to end the “national shame” of rough sleeping within its next term in government – and challenged Theresa May to back the plan. Shadow cabinet minister John
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The extent of the mental and physical health problems caused by homelessness is laid bare in a new report. Research into the experiences of 64 people who are homeless or
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The Government has backed down over its controversial “pay to stay” policy for those living in social housing. Housing minister Gavin Barwell has said plans to charge higher rents for
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More than 70,000 social housing tenants could face average rent rises of £1,000 a year unless ministers back down on controversial new “pay to stay” rules, the Local Government Association
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Funding cuts to public services are putting the health of the public at risk, leading nurses have warned. Almost four in 10 nurses have treated patients whose health has been
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A housing association based in Bathgate has been recognised for going the extra mile to help vulnerable customers by becoming a ‘dementia-friendly’ organisation. Staff at West Lothian Housing Partnership (WLHP)
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Poorer families face being “socially cleansed” out of the cities they live in under Tory housing policies, Jeremy Corbyn claimed as he prepared to face his first major electoral test.
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Charities have warned of a “housing crisis” after new figures showed that 56,500 households were accepted as homeless in England in 2015 – a rise of one-third since David Cameron’s
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A charity is calling for all Scottish parties to back its five-point plan to end homelessness as it launched its new manifesto yesterday. With backing from Cabinet Secretary for Social
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